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It's easy to lose track of the Trump-Russia investigation with what at times feels like daily bombshells, the denials that end up getting debunked, the hearings, the subpoenas and the difficult-to-pronounce Russian names. If you're not paying attention -- even if you are -- it is admittedly challenging to stay on top of it all. One year ago this week, the US intelligence community publicly confirmed Russia's interference in the 2016 election and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of personally ordering the operation. At the time, the report felt like the final chapter of a contentious election. But throughout the past year, we've learned of secret meetings, intercepted phone calls, overseas contacts, lies to the FBI and more. Even our comprehensive timeline can't capture the full picture. So, for the first time, CNN produced a documentary that tells the Russia story, from the beginning, and strings together the many threads with insights from the reporters and analysts who've … [Read more...] about The Trump-Russia investigation, from the beginning

Two months ago, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, who is leading the House Democrats’ inquisition of President Trump, said it “still remains to be seen” whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in its interference in the 2016 election.Then on Dec. 10, the congressman from California went in a different direction.“We do know this,” the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said on CNN, a frequent Schiff host. “The Russians offered help, the campaign accepted help. The Russians gave help and the president made full use of that help, and that is pretty damning, whether it is proof beyond a reasonable doubt of conspiracy or not.”Whether the Russian hacking and release of thousands of Democratic Party emails amount to acceptance of help for the Trump campaign is up for debate. The emails, and those that WikiLeaks released later from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s hacked account, were publicly … [Read more...] about Adam Schiff’s case for Trump-Russia collusion crumbles

President Donald Trump attacked CNN as "the least trusted name in news" after the network was forced to correct a major story that originally reported that his campaign had received a heads up about hacked Democratic National Committee documents published by WikiLeaks."Fake News CNN made a vicious and purposeful mistake yesterday," the president tweeted on Saturday morning. "They were caught red handed, just like lonely Brian Ross at ABC News (who should be immediately fired for his “mistake”). Watch to see if @CNN fires those responsible, or was it just gross incompetence?"CNN had reported, citing two sources who had seen an email sent to Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and other advisers on Sept. 4, 2016, that a person identifying himself as "Mike Erickson" had described how officials could access some of the documents — apparently before they were publicly available. On Friday afternoon, the Washington Post reported that the email had in fact been sent on the … [Read more...] about Trump Attacked CNN After It Corrected A Huge WikiLeaks Email Story

The House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed both the FBI and the Department of Justice for documents related to the infamous Trump-Russia dossier compiled by a former British spy. The committee issued the identical subpoenas on Aug. 24, requesting the documents surrounding the dossier and the FBI’s ties to the dossier’s author be turned over within eight days, the Washington Examiner reported. The committee is also seeking documents on the FBI’s possible role in the opposition research against Donald Trump during the presidential campaign. Both the FBI and the DOJ failed to meet the initial deadline, which has since been extended to Sept. 14. “We got nothing. The witnesses have not been produced and the documents have not been produced,” committee member Rep. Trey Gowdy, (R-S.C.) told the Examiner. The committee turned up the pressure on Tuesday, issuing two more subpoenas to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney … [Read more...] about House Intelligence Committee subpoenas FBI, DOJ over Trump-Russia dossier

The Trump-Russia probe has become a family affair for the Flynns— and it's getting more intense. The son of former national security adviser Michael Flynn has become a subject of the investigation into the Trump campaign's suspected Russia ties, according to a report on Wednesday. That means the father and son are now both wrapped up in the epic criminal inquiry. Meanwhile, another report on Wednesday revealed the senior Flynn was secretly working on a nuclear power plant project in the Middle East during his brief White House tenure. His son, Michael G. Flynn, was pulled into the Russia probe in part because of his work for his father’s international lobbying firm, NBC News reported. It’s unclear how long the son has been watched by federal investigators. His father, who left a White House job after 24 days because of undisclosed Russian contacts, has been a focus of the investigation due to his lobbying work for foreign governments. … [Read more...] about Michael Flynn’s son is now a subject of the federal Trump-Russia investigation

President Trump, despite a reported interest in his powers to pardon, has no plans to grant amnesty to anybody as the probe of his campaign’s reported ties to Russia continues. After Trump attorney John Dowd dismissed stories Friday about sudden White House inquiries regarding the pardons, the president’s spokeswoman echoed the lawyer’s sentiment — for now. “The president maintains pardon powers like any president would,” said newly-minted Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “But there are no announcements or planned announcements on that front whatsoever.” Asked specifically if Trump believed that he held the power to grant himself a get-out-of-jail-free card, Sanders said she had nothing to add beyond Dowd’s comment, which was that it was “nonsense.” The talk of pardons came as the White House talked tough about pushing back against special counsel Robert Mueller, head of the Trump-Russia … [Read more...] about White House says President has no plans to pardon himself or family amid Trump-Russia investigation

The world knew nothing one week ago about the secret meeting between the Trump campaign and a Kremlin lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. Now that meeting has exploded into the most pivotal event yet in the intensifying Trump-Russia scandal — complete with colorful characters, bizarre twists and surprising reveals. November 9, 2013: Donald Trump travels to Moscow with the Miss Universe pageant after getting paid roughly $20 million to bring it there by billionaire developer Aras Agalarov. Agalarov has been called “the Donald Trump of Russia” and is close with Vladimir Putin.Trump also meets music publicist Rob Goldstone and his pop star client Emin — Agalarov’s son. November 11, 2013: Trump tags the elder Agalarov in a tweet, and write, “I had a great weekend with you and your family. You have done a FANTASTIC job. TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next. EMIN was WOW!” April 11, 2014: Trump praises Putin on Twitter. … [Read more...] about A timeline of how the Trump-Russia meeting happened and how the truth came out

Sanders Deflects FOX Question on FBI Probe, Gives Health Care Criticism Instead Kennedy: Pelosi Is 'Like a Zombie Vampire' Who Won't Relinquish Power President Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday morning to blast CNN for the publication of a Russia-related article that was later retracted.The story, published last Thursday, reported that Congress was investigating President Donald Trump associate Anthony Scaramucci's ties to a Russian investment fund.In the retraction, the network said the story “did not meet CNN’s editorial standards.”CNN has accepted the resignations of three journalists involved in the publication of the article, and it is now requiring approval from two top editors before any Russia-related story can be published.President Trump took to Twitter to rip CNN, which he called "fake news."He also retweeted a graphic of the CNN logo altered to read “FNN: Fake News Network.” Levin: 'Now We Have Collusion - … [Read more...] about ‘Fake News Network’: Trump Blasts CNN for Retracted Russia Story

Is the White House purposefully keeping its officials from appearing on CNN?Neither President Trump's special consultant Kellyanne Conway nor Press Secretary Sean Spicer have hit CNN's Sunday morning news talk shows such as State of the Union in the past two weeks. Meanwhile, both of them, as well as Vice President Mike Pence and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus have appeared on other major networks' shows during that time.Spicer denied that CNN is being frozen out, when asked about it Monday at George Washington University during an event where he was being interviewed by Frank Sesno, a former CNN correspondent who is now the director of GWU's School of Media & Public Affairs.CNN and the White House have gotten off to a contentious start. As president-elect, Trump accused CNN, after it published a story on unsubstantiated allegations about his purported ties to Russia, of being “fake news” and refused to answer a question from the network’s Jim … [Read more...] about Is Trump giving CNN the cold shoulder?

President-elect Donald Trump accused CNN of being “fake news” and refused to let the network’s reporter ask him a question at his press conference Wednesday, spurring one of the most unusual and heated exchanges at such an event.Trump called BuzzFeed a “failing pile of garbage” for publishing unsubstantiated allegations about his purported ties to Russia and then said CNN went “out of their way to build it up.”CNN reporter Jim Acosta decided to cut in. “Since you’re attacking us can you give us a question?” he called out.Trump repeatedly refused, saying “You’re organization’s terrible” and “Don’t be rude.”“You are fake news,” he said, before moving on to another question.The exchange quickly started making the rounds on social media.Acosta said afterward that Trump press secretary Sean Spicer told him he would be kicked out if he tried to yell out questions again. But … [Read more...] about Trump to CNN: ‘You are fake news’